Joel Conger
joins as Arizona Market President and Jay
Balfour as Senior Vice President and General Counsel
PHOENIX, Oct. 13,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Connections Health Solutions,
the leading innovator in immediate-access behavioral health crisis
care, today announced the addition of two senior leaders to its
operations and legal teams. Joel
Conger joins as Market President in Arizona, focused on growing the Company's
reach and impact within the state and identifying opportunities to
enhance operations and patient-care delivery. Jay Balfour will serve the organization as
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, overseeing all legal
matters.
Conger brings more than 25 years of experience to Connections
and has spent much of his career serving the behavioral health
community in Arizona. He joins
Connections from Molina Healthcare (NYSE: MOH) where he led growth,
strategy, and proposals as the Associate Vice President of
Behavioral Health. Conger has also held roles of increasing
leadership responsibility at several Arizona-based behavioral health organizations
including Molina Complete Care of Arizona, Crisis Response Network, and
Mercy Care. As Market President in
Arizona, Conger will oversee the
expansion of the Company's footprint throughout Arizona and lead operational efforts to ensure
the highest quality of care is delivered to those most in need of
immediate access behavioral health crisis care.
Balfour has nearly two decades of experience in the legal field
and joins Connections after spending 10 years as the Senior
Associate General Counsel at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Specializing in supply chain
procurement and contracting, healthcare facilities operation
leasing and construction, and government contracts, he has served
as a trusted legal counsel for hospitals, manufacturing
organizations, and government contractors. In his role as General
Counsel at Connections, Balfour will advise the Company on all
legal matters and regulations in support of continued expansion and
growth efforts. Balfour earned his Juris Doctor from the
University of Memphis Cecil C.
Humphreys School of Law and his Master of Laws in Government
Procurement Law from The George Washington
University Law School.
"With the addition of Joel and Jay to the Connections Health
Solutions team, we welcome two leaders who not only have deep
expertise in their respective roles, but strong ties to the
behavioral health industry and the Connections' mission," said
Colin LeClair, Chief Executive
Officer of Connections Health Solutions. "We are thrilled to
have them join our team as we continue on our journey of expansion
and exceptional patient care, both within our current state of
Arizona and beyond."
ABOUT CONNECTIONS HEALTH
SOLUTIONS
Connections Health Solutions, LLC is the leading innovator of
behavioral health crisis care. The Company operates the two largest
behavioral health crisis facilities in the nation and provides a
range of services to help stabilize and treat people with mental
health and substance use diagnoses. Connections' model emphasizes
providing treatment in the least restrictive setting and has
demonstrated improved quality and cost savings, including
significantly reducing hospital admissions in Medicaid and
behavioral health populations. For more information and crisis
resources, please visit: www.connectionshs.com.
MEDIA CONTACT
Marissa Lawson
media@connectionshs.com
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